It's with great sadness that we have to report that legendary Alien series writer and producer David Giler has died at the age of 77. Deadline is reporting that David, one of the fathers of the Alien franchise, died on the 19th of December at his home in Bangkok due to cancer. While David's contributions to the cinematic ... [Read More]

Last week Sigourney Weaver dropped the news that long time Alien producer and co-writer Walter Hill had sent her a 50-page treatment that he had completed for Alien 5! Because Hill hasn't actually been involved with any of the Alien films since Alien 3, the news of his treatment came as something of a shock. Though she was ... [Read More]

Talking to the Empire Magazine for their latest Heroes Issue, Sigourney Weaver revealed to the magazine that Walter Hill sent her a 50 page treatment for an Alien 5! Unfortunately she doesn't mention any details, but Weaver states that she received it nearly 18 months back, in the aftermath of the death of Blomkamp's Alien 5. Speaking to Empire in ... [Read More]

It’s hard to imagine a world in which Alien wasn’t followed by Aliens. Not only an incredible film that did so much for the Alien mythology, it was a film that had a huge impact on cinema, video games and pop culture. And yet it was a film that took 4 years and a change in management at 20th Century Fox ... [Read More]

William Gibson was the first of several writers to be called upon to write Alien 3 for Brandywine and 20th Century Fox. Having just written Neuromancer, Gibson was considered something of a big up and comer. And unfortunately, his first draft was not quite what was expected. Following the story-notes handed to him by the producers, Gibson delivered a script ... [Read More]